Type-case stand



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. P. G. JOHNS.

TYPE CASE STAND.

Patented Sept. 2, 1890."

2 e e h S S t e e h s 2 A T HS A o O P PY T M d o M o W No. 435,587.Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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PARIS C. JOHNS, OF MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA.

TYPE-CASE STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,587, datedSeptember 2, 1890.

Application filed December 21, 1889. Serial No. 334,501. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PARIS C. JOHNS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Martinsville,in the county of Morgan and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Type- Case Stand, of which the followingis a specifieation.

The invention relates to improvements in type-case stands.

The object of the present invention is to provide a type-ease stand ofsimple and inexpensive construction adapted to be adjusted to anydesired height to suit the compositor and capable of having itstype-cases arranged at any desired inclination.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a type-standconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 5c of Fig. 4:.Fig. 4 is a rear elevation. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the bracket.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 1 designate verticalstandards, which are mounted on a suitable horizontal frame 2, that isprovided at its corners with casters 3, to enable the frame to bereadily moved about without necessitating the removal of the typecases.

The standards 1 1. are hollow and are adapted to receivevertically-movable raekbars 4:, which are retained in any desirableposition by thumb-nuts, which engage the threaded ends of pins 6, thatproject out laterally from the vertically-movable rack-bars and extendthrough vertical slots 7 of the standards, and the thumb-nuts 5 bindagainst the standards and prevent the rack-bars at slipping.

The rack-bars 4 are provided with teeth 30 and operated and movedverticallyby pinions S S,which are mounted upon a horizontal shaft 9,that is journaled in suitable bearings bolted to the vertical standardsnear their upper ends. and is designed to be engaged by a suitablecrank-handle.

The rack-bars 4: are connected. near their One end 11 of the shaft issquared,

upper ends bya cross-piece 12 and have their ends rabbeted upon eachside, and shoulders 13 are beveled from the middle to enable a type-caseframe ll, pivoted to the ends, to be tilted upon either side of thestandards 1 l; and to maintain the type-case frame at any desiredinclination curved plates 15 are provided, which are arranged at theends of the type-case frame and have their ends secured thereto and areprovided with longitudinal curved slots 16, through which extend theends 17 of a horizontal bar 18, that is arranged beneath the cross-piece12 and is mountedin the upper ends of the rack-bars at. The ends 17 arethreaded and are provided with thumbnuts 19, which engage the curvedplates and retain the type-case frame at any desired inelination.

The type case frame 1% consists of the side bars 19, which are connectedby a central bar 20 and are provided with sides 2l,which have flanges22, by means of which the sides are secured to the side bars 19. Aninclined strip 23 is secured to the front ends of the strips andprevents a type-case slipping off the frame.

The type-case frame 14 is provided with a supplemental frame 24, whichis adjustable to any desired inclination and is designed to hold thetype-case containing capital letters. The supplemental frame is pivotedto the frame 1&, and provided with curved slots, in which are arrangedset-screws 26,whereby the frame is securely held in any desiredposition.

The type-case stand is provided with a rest for the form, which rest isarranged beneath the type-case frame and between the standards. and isadapted to be pushed back under the type-case frame when not in use, anddrawn out to suit the compositor.

The rest consists of a shelf 27, which is secured to brackets 28 bymeans of pairs of hinged bars 29 and 30, which are pivoted together attheir adjacent ends and have their farther ends pivoted, respectively,to the shelf and the brackets.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that the type-case stand issimple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to beadjusted to suit the compositor, that its frames for holding thetype-eases can be arranged at any desired inclination,and that it canreadily be moved from one place to another without necessitating theremoval of the type-cases and without liability of spilling the typefrom one compartment into another.

What I claim is 1. In a type-case stand, the combination of thestandards, the vertically-movable rackbars, the type-case frame pivotedto the rackbars, and the supplemental frame pivoted to the type-caseframe and adapted to be adjusted at any desired inclination,substantially as described.

2. In a type-case stand, the combination of the standards, thevertically-movable rackbars, the main type-case frame pivoted to therack-bars, and the supplemental frame pivoted to the main frame andprovided With curved slots and set-screws adapted to retain thesupplemental frame at any inclination, substantially as described.

3. In a type-case stand, the combination of the standards, the type-caseframe arranged at the top of the standards, the brackets 28, arrangedbetween the standards and secured thereto, the shelf, and the hingedbars pivoted to the shelf and to the brackets, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

4. In a type-case stand, the combination of the standards, thevertically-movable rackbars, the cross-piece 12, connecting therackbars, the type-case frame pivoted to the rackbars, the platessecured to the type-case frame and provided with curved slots, and thehorizontal rod having threaded ends extending through the curved slotsand nuts to engage the same plates, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

PARIS O. JOHNS. WVitnesses:

S. M. SEATON, W. L. MOORE.

